Skandapurana 6.3.159.7

6.3.159.7

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca -
śṛṇu pārtha mahāpraśnaṃ kathayāmi yathāśrutam .
sakāśādbrahmaṇaḥ pūrvamṛṣidevasamāgame .. 159.7 ..

Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Listen, O son of Pṛthā, to the great question; I shall tell it as it was heard / of old in the presence of Brahmā at the assembly of seers and gods.